Details of massive police raids across southern Ontario to be revealed at Cambridge press conference

Police agencies in southern Ontario seized nearly three dozen guns, more than a thousand rounds of ammo, and a home-made bomb, along with piles of cash and drugs following the lengthy investigation of an auto-detailing centre.

The drug investigation in Waterloo region began four months ago at a car-care business and led police from seven different agencies to seize drugs with a street value of $225,000, police said at a press conference in Cambridge Thursday.

Police also seized $80,000 in Canadian and U.S. bills and more than a dozen vehicles.

Waterloo Regional Police showed off the massive haul of confiscated material after a co-ordinated swoop down by tactical teams in 11 southern Ontario communities.

Police arrested 30 people in the investigation and 200 charges were laid.

The operation, code-named Project Noex. was named after a car-care centre in Kitchener called No Excuse.

“Is this a message to other traffickers and dealers? It tells them we will track them and we will find them,” said Waterloo regional police Insp. Greg Lamport.

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